Believing the law is negligent in its duty, Owen Prescott takes the law into his own hands and goes after two men he believes are responsible for the deaths of eight fellow cowboys. His search takes him into the Wind River Range of Wyoming Territory, where he finds them-but are they the right men?

It is a long, hard journey for him; and in those mountains, he suffers greatly. He goes angry and bent on revenge but leaves that mountain range a totally different man. And Kay Mason, the woman he loves-will she have him or reject him?